How Much It REALLY Costs To K-Swap a Miata... Would YOU Spend This?

We break down the full build costs of Honda K Series Swapping a Miata. It probably costs more than you think!

This car is a K24Z3 swapped NA Miata, specifically a 1996. This swap was completed with a KMiata swap kit from KPower Industries. This included a full 3" stainless exhaust, replacing the timing chain and guides, sensors, seals, and more. It CAN be done cheaper, but this is the "Right" way to do it!

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[curtraaymakers]

Always nice to see someone honest about the real costs 👍

[Fastgirl]

I can attest to it costing quite a bit more than most people imagine. I bought the top line kit but of course the cost of the engine, I did pay for my install which included repeated times of parts not fitting (oil pan), having to send pieces back or replace with something else, and tweaks to the car in general. This is more than a swap, it changes the entire car. That said I’m thrilled but it took a year of testing it out (track car only) and making adjustments, tuning etc, to finally get it settled. It is not for someone on a budget and sometimes buying an already set up K swapped Miata would be less expensive. That said I have no regrets and am now happy.

[MaBcMCLAN]

Nice build, great description of the swap and all that goes into it.

[siradrais]

Excellent breakdown on costs. My costs for the items listed were close to your with almost all Honda OEM parts. I purchased one of the early K24Z kits and chose to piece together parts due to the route I went (S2000 transmission and in an Exocet). Overall a good experience but I ran into issues with incorrect/missing instructions and the oil baffle hitting the crank. Seems those issues have been resolved by parts updates and revised instructions.

[squidikka]

This is my dream swap. I did want a 1UZ swap for that sexy V8 sound, but the cost would be insane. Someday I'm going to do this. Thanks so much for the list. Seriously.

[Pagelos]

Appreciate this a lot. I am thinking of k swapping mine, but living in Sweden means 30% import duty + freight. FML

[speterg]

You guys are awesome for putting this video together!

[SmooveBee]

Thank you for sharing this, very useful information!

[miguelnaranjo]

Really appreciate this video, been thinking of going kswap in my 91 NA Miata and now that I got a guide on how to most definitely will be doing this soon. Also the kmiata kit comes with a subframe ( I believe ) and that's so you don't have to cut out your hood or get a custom valve cover, what convinced you guys to go with kpower ?

[WorstPaperCut]

i knew right away this was going to be in the 5 figures range. at 0:36 if thats not a big hint i dont know what is.

[dannysimpson]

i picked up 90 miata glad you got videos on alot of the work it needs. thank you

[Salvisol]

Just turboing the stock motor seems like the best bang for buck.

[kylensloyer]

The link for the oil pump adaptor kit in the file doesnt work is it the same as "K20 Oil Pump Upgrade for K24Z3"?

[tatacraft]

One day I'll do it, but damn this part list is huge

[TheAmbrose]

Thanks for sharing, is the part list same with K20?

[JoseBrisenoJr-hjpu]

Can you post the parts list and cost or a pdf called K24 Swap

[thedonutmiata]

Other than the turbo or supercharger, improved fueling system, and possibly exhaust, what all would be different if you swapped in a turboed or supercharged k series? Like would I need a diff subframe and would there be certain parts in your list that I wouldn’t need?

[lpvgs-]

Engine swaps always cost much more than you think. Ppl in forums and all over the internet always seem to forget how much actual work and money that goes into this kind of thing.

[kevincrawford]

Nice to see pricing, awesome swap but I think after watching this I'm gonna go the supercharged 1.8 route.

[sharifkhan]

how reliable is the 6 speed mazda Miata/rx8 transmission with the K swap?